The Child's Plan by Audrey Walker (books to improve english txt) 📕

killers. It helped figure out the pattern, and the pattern helped predict what the killer might do.

She needed to find legal evidence regarding this birth certificate, maybe even hospital records. This would prove the existence of the Butcher’s child, and then the Captain would be forced to listen to her. He couldn’t call the child a figment of her imagination anymore, not when there was proof.

Robin quickly collected the rest of the evidence. She couldn’t carry the diaries with her, so she stowed them back in the hiding place, taking the rest with her. She had already spent too much time here. Putting the papers and pictures into her pocket, Robin slowly started to sneak out of the house. She walked toward the window, slightly parting the curtain and gazing out.

It was calm and peaceful, and Robin got ready to raise the window and make her way down when something caught her eye. Hiding in the bushes, she got the glare of the sun reflecting off metal, and she soon spotted a bunch of policemen hiding, their guns at the ready. In the distance, she spotted the lights of a police vehicle, and she cursed silently.

Robin was surrounded.

Chapter Six

Robin darted from one window to another, realizing that policemen were stationed at each side of the house. They had probably had the house under surveillance, and Robin had been spotted when she snuck in. They must have gathered around, laying a trap for her. They were all waiting for her to come out so they could arrest her.

This had been a mistake. Robin knew there was a risk that the police were keeping an eye on this place. Now, she was trapped. There was no way out of this. Grabbing her gun, safety lock off, Robin peeked from behind the curtain again. She had a clear shot of a few of the men from here, but she had no plans of harming or killing any of her own people. This is what the killer wanted. He had framed her to take the fall for his crimes. If she shot a single man over here, it would cement her fate forever.

She spotted the Captain in the distance, and James was right there with him. He was probably leading the entire mission. Robin wouldn’t be surprised if this were all his idea. An idea came into her head, but it was a very risky one. It could cost her heavily. She could lose her life, or worse, she could be arrested. But she had no other option left. If Robin wanted to get out of here without harming anyone, this was the only option.

Robin collected the things she needed knowing that they were going to patiently wait for her until she is forced to come out. Once everything was ready, she went into action. She threw one of the vases through the window, and it shattered into pieces. Hearing the police shouting widely, she threw another heavy ornament through another window, distracting the police.

“She is coming through here!” she heard one of the men shouting. “We need back up! Backup!”

“She is here!” Another voice shouted. “She is here!”

She could hear James shouting at them to keep their eyes on the house and stay in their positions, but he was too late. Robin waltzed through one of the crushed windows, not giving the police a chance to react, and instantly grabbed the closest one to her.

“Don’t move, or I shoot him!” Robin shouted, placing her gun to his temple.

Now, five guns were pointed at her, and she knew no one would dare to pull the trigger. She knew that more men would appear at her back any minute now, so she had to be quick.

“Please,” the man she had captured whispered. “Please don’t hurt me, Detective Matthews.”

Robin looked at the man she held, and she swallowed as she realized it was Andrews. The young detective looked at her with eyes filled with fear. For a second, she was horrified. In his eyes, she saw the reflection of a monster. The monster he thought she had become. Just a month back, they had been filled with admiration for her. Robin cursed internally. They would have her surrounded in a minute, and her hostage would offer her no protection then.

Robin was out of time. She could hear the footsteps behind her, and she knew she was surrounded.

“Robin,” she heard the Captain’s voice behind her. “Let him go.”

“Ready to shoot on your orders,” she heard an officer muttering.

“No, don’t shoot,” James said. “I repeat, don’t shoot! Get her alive!”

Robin looked around her, observing her surroundings, when she spotted something in the distance. Her mind reeling, she came up with a plan, this one even riskier than before.

There was a reason Robin was one of the best detectives on the force. One of them was how fast her reflexes were, and the other was her quick thinking, even under the pressure of a gun. She aimed her gun at the ground while pushing Andrew away from her; she shot a bullet on the grass. As the police force disrupted with chaos, a smoke bomb suddenly exploded, and she quickly made a run for it.

Her eyes started to sting as she realized that the smoke was tear gas. Barely able to see, Robin somehow stumbled to the back of the house. She could hear the police trying to clamber behind her and figure out where she was, but the gas prevented them from seeing properly.

“I got you,” she heard Kyle whisper near her, and he grabbed her hand. Barely able to see because of her watering eyes, Kyle led her through the field toward a car he had parked. By the time the police got some semblance of discipline back, Kyle had pushed Robin into the car, and they were gone.

“Here,” Kyle said, giving her a wet rag that she could place against her eyes. “I am sorry about that.”

“It had to be done,” Robin said. She had